Epistaxis: An Unusual Presentation of Factitious Disorder
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چکیده
Introduction: About 1% of psychiatric consultations are concerned with a factitious disorder. Unlike malingering, disorder is special that should be taken into consideration by the medical staff. Case Presentation: This case reports woman fever and epistaxis as primary clinical manifestation which was diagnosed treated after further investigation consultation. Conclusions: Procrastination diagnosis usually leads to an increase in length stay for unnecessary paraclinical investigations. The purpose this presentation raise issue problems their importance alongside physical problems.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Iranian journal of psychiatry and behavioral sciences
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1735-8639', '1735-9287']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijpbs-110238